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Mithun Chakraborty expresses heartfelt acknowledgment to Zeenat Aman for joining forces successful Taqdeer. (Photo: Express Archives)
Mithun Chakraborty, a legendary histrion and caller recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, has opened up astir the struggles helium faced successful his vocation earlier helium made it big. In a caller interview, Mithun opened up astir his aboriginal days erstwhile pistillate actors would shirk astatine the thought of starring with him and however Zeenat Aman was the lone pistillate histrion who supported him during this phase.
Mithun received a National Award for his archetypal movie but this was followed by a large lull successful his career. “Bohot rukawatein bhi thi (There were galore obstacles). I was going up successful beingness astatine a large speed, truthful obstacles were inevitable,” helium said successful an interrogation with NDTV. He claimed that during this period, pistillate actors were instructed not to enactment with him, but Mithun refused to springiness up. “I didn’t privation to bow down to that lull, I had decided that if I had to lose, past astatine slightest I’ll conflict it out, that I’ll not conscionable springiness up.”
One idiosyncratic who played a important relation successful breaking this rhythm was Zeenat Aman. Mithun shared, “Zeenat Aman helped maine a lot. She was moving connected a movie with Brij (Sadanah, the manager of 1983 movie Taqdeer) and helium had decided ‘Mithun hullo mera leader hai‘ (Mithun is my hero). So helium went to her and said, ‘See, determination is this boy, I deliberation helium is precise good,’ truthful Zeenat ji said, ‘he is simply a precise handsome looking boy. He dances well, I volition enactment (with him).’” She broke the rhythm by moving with me. After her, each the large heroines restarted signing films with me.” Mithun expressed his gratitude, saying, “I americium everlastingly grateful to Zeenat ji.”
Mithun’s travel to stardom was not easy. He came from a humble inheritance and had to conflict to marque ends meet. He adjacent spent nights sleeping extracurricular plush hotels and nationalist parks. Despite facing galore rejections, Mithun persevered and went connected to go 1 of Bollywood’s astir beloved stars.
Mithun besides faced favoritism owed to his acheronian tegument tone, with immoderate filmmakers rejecting him for being “too dark”. However, helium proved them incorrect with his endowment and charisma. His breakthrough film, Disco Dancer, cemented his spot successful Hindi cinema.
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